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On Friday, a grand jury indicted Yeager on three counts of
child abuse in relation to Elijah's death.

The indictment alleges Yeager knowingly placed the child in
the care of his allegedly biological father, who she allowed to stay in her home, despite
knowing the drug user had a criminal record, was on parole and had a history of severe domestic
violence.

Family portrait: Stacy Michelle Yeager, 34, pictured holding son Elijah, 14 months, next to Donnie Willbrand who, according to his Facebook page, is engaged to Yeager

Abused: Elijah Yeager, 14 months, was found unconscious and with bruises all over his little body in April and died a few days later in hospital

Lohmar said there were three plausible theories around Yeager's involvement in the death.

'The grand jury considered the evidence and they returned an
indictment that charged Ms Yeager with either recklessly causing serious
physical injury to this child, knowingly causing serious physical injury to
this child, or in the alternative placing this child in imminent risk of danger
by placing him in the presence and under the supervision of someone who has a
violent criminal past,’ he said.

While Yeager is the only suspect for now, Lohmar said
another suspect with ‘close ties’ to the family was being investigated.

He is expected to be charged.

‘Our evidence is that he was staying in the home for an
extended period of time all during the time period when Elijah was abused and
eventually died,’ Lohmar told News Channel 5.

Violence: A grand jury indictment
alleges Yeager knowingly placed Elijah, pictured, in the care of his reputed father despite knowing that the man has a criminal record, has committed 'severe domestic violence' and is a drug user

Yeager is also accused of giving first responders false
information on how Elijah was injured and on who was present when the boy went
into cardiac arrest.

However a neighbor reportedly told News Channel 5Yeager was a ‘sweet person and a hard worker’
who did what she could to care for her large family.

Yeager, whose oldest child is 17-years-old, is currently behind bars with cash-only bail set at $300,000.

Her children are in the custody of the State of Missouri.

She has seven children to different fathers.

Lohmar told Daily Mail the trial is likely to start in early 2014 as prosecutors are 'in the middle of investigations'.

Elijah Yeager's battered body was found inside his family home, pictured, on the 400 block of Kent Drive, Wentzville, on April 22

Stacy Michelle Yeager had other children who lived with her at her Wentzville home, pictured